Craig Gale
I never believed in God. My mum always wanted me to make my own decisions on what wanted to believe and how I wanted to believe it. I was a total atheist, science could answer everything, there was no God, and man was here for one reason: to survive. Life was all about surviving, getting through, and getting “stuff”.
I used to argue with my Christian friends, about how wrong they were and how science solved all and totally ruled out God. One day whilst at work I met my match, she was calm and managed to get me to listen, and started to tell me how there was more to life. God spoke to me in the months that followed, and I gave my life to Him in the December. I wandered away from God at times even after He spoke to me but, I never stopped believing in Him.

The following April I attended a church service to see what it was like (after never being in a church service except at Christmas) and found that I enjoyed it. I was invited to an Alpha Course the day after and deepened my understanding of what it meant to have a relationship with the Living God over the duration of the course.
There is one word to describe this relationship for me and that is freedom. I have learnt that I don’t have to go to church every week; I don’t have to give up living whilst believing in God. I choose to go to church because I love God and know what Jesus did for me. I choose to devote my life to Him because I can deepen my relationship with Him by doing so.
There is no greater feeling than knowing that God is present within you. This I can say truly from experience. It says in Corinthians that your body is a temple to the Holy Spirit. I know this is true, I have felt it, and I feel His presence every time I draw close to Him.
Jesus saved me, I look back now and know He has had His hand on my life and protected me. I try and seek to know His will and deepen my relationship with Him daily. My prayer is that God will keep me walking in His ways because I know there is so much more to have through Him than there are in the ways of the world. I love God, I know Jesus died to save all who believe in Him and I know that even if I (or you) were the only one who He had to save, He still would have done it.